Political prisoner Ihar Alinevich put in solitary confinement on his birthday

Political prisoner,
activist of the anarchist movement Ihar Alinevich who is serving his
prison term in the Navapolatsk penitentiary, was put in solitary
confinement on his birthday, 24 September.

As stated to Radio
“Liberty” by his mother Valiantsina Alinevich, on 4 October she
had a short-term meeting with him. Ihar told her that on 24
September, when he turned 30 years old, he was visited by his
counsel.

Immediately after the meeting with him a duty
officer came and said that Ihar was punished with solitary
confinement for not coming to work that day. As a result, Ihar spent
his birthday in the penal cell.

The peculiarity of the
situation is that Alinevich, as well as some other prisoners, was
admitted to the Vocational School of Sewers, and the prisoners who
study are freed from work. However, after Alinevich was released from
the confinement cell, he was expelled from the school without any
explanations.

Moreover, after this he stopped receiving
letters and newspapers.

Several activists of the anarchist
movement was detained in September 2010 for taking part in the
protest actions which were qualified as an attack on the building of
the state agencies. The youngsters were sentenced to long prison term
on charges of holding a number of political actions, including an
assault on the Embassy of Russia in Minsk in August 2010.

Ihar
Alinevich received the largest prison term, 8 years, and is serving
it in the Navapolatsk penitentiary.